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Last week, the California Bureau of Cannabis Control released their proposed emergency regulations for the industry. The Bureau, the government agency tasked with regulating California’s cannabis industry, announced the proposed emergency regulations ahead of the highly anticipated January 2018 start date. The Bureau also published helpful fact sheets and overview documents, providing a good snapshot…

Ahead of the state’s implementation of their full adult use legalization in early 2018, California is working on improving their public outreach. Last week, the California Department of Public Health launched “Let’s Talk Cannabis”, a website dedicated to consumer education. The Bureau’s new and updated logo About two weeks ago, the Bureau of Cannabis Control,…

Opponents of California’s Proposition 64 to legalize marijuana for adults have filed a lawsuit that claims advocates made “false and misleading” statements about how the measure regulates advertising, sales and more. The suit was filed one day after backers of Proposition 64 filed a lawsuit of their own over what it called “reefer madness-style misinformation”…

With the implementation of track-and-trace systems in the California cannabis industry expected to begin on June 1, state officials have started to get the ball rolling on enforcing the rules and regulations they developed over the last 17 months. Currently, the California industry is riding through the tail end of a grace period for temporary…

For recreational marijuana sales in California — the nation’s most populous state, and the nation’s oldest and most entrenched marijuana market — it was never a question of billions. It was always a question of “how many” billions. And, just four months into the era of recreational cannabis sales, we now have an idea: At…

LOS ANGELES – Yirtuamlak Hailu Derege came to California a decade ago with dreams of making it big in the entertainment business. But shortly after arriving, he was arrested and convicted of selling marijuana, a felony that has made it difficult for him to find any job at all. But now, with California on the…

Proposition 64, on its surface, poses a simple question: Should people be free to smoke pot in California? But the 62-page initiative on the Nov. 8 ballot asks voters to determine much more than that. Definitive guide to marijuana on the 2016 ballot: Recreational & medical initiatives It asks them to decide how much cannabis…

In late November, California released their proposed emergency regulations for the cannabis industry, ahead of the full 2018 medical and adult use legalization for the state. We highlighted some of the key takeaways from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control’s regulations for the entire industry earlier. Now, we are going to take a look at…

Should police officers be able to use a controversial spit test to see if they believe drivers are high? Should billboards advertising pot shops be allowed on state highways? Should marijuana business owners have to drive hundreds of miles with their trunks full of cash to pay their tax bills? These are a few of…

For 20 years, Proposition 215 has sustained medical marijuana patients within California. That legislation, although not viable for change could be challenged, according to Dennis Peron, the original Proposition 215 California legalization pioneer. This week, Peron is in Humboldt County advocating against Proposition 64, the measure to legalize recreational cannabis. He believes the proposition is…

On November 8, voters registered in California will get a chance to end cannabis prohibition. Here’s the 10 Things You Need to Know: 1) Only registered voters in California can end cannabis prohibition. The deadline to register is October 24, 2016. 2) California legalization is called the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, and it’s going…